MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 18:37
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 192 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 634 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 157 Parallax 138 129% 151 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 326GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18086 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 357 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18661673902	96.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 39.3 147% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 23.5 48% 91 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 163GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13047309242	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 41.5 149% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 108 117% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20382 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 388 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 40 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25992383076	102% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 38.7 146% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 109 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17631 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 406 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 76 76 735 (AE) Unknown 99 99 66 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 843 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 19 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 188392 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31013 (F2) Unknown 99 99 54083	195% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 965 Mixed 1,035 288% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 39.2 173% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 26.6 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 166GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71065488 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38868061 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 554958880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 592366 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -81295140968703 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10246056668 (F2) Unknown 100 253 188673331722	79.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 107%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	319x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	126x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	22x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16